New York State Route 59

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NY Route 59

Length:

14.08^[1] mi (22.67 km)

West end:

NY 17 in Hillburn

Major
junctions:

US 202 in Suffern

I-87/I-287 in Nanuet

Palisades in West Nyack

East end:

US 9W in Nyack

Counties:

Rockland

New York State Routes
< NY 58		NY 60 >

New York State Route 59 is an east-west road in southern Rockland County in the State of New York. It runs from New York State Route 17 at Exit 15A of the New York State Thruway in Ramapo to US-9W in Nyack. In Suffern, it also shares a wrong-way concurrency with US 202 for 0.05 miles.

1 Route description
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 Miscellanea
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

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Route 59 always runs in close proximity to I-87-287, except northwest of Suffern, where it only runs along the east side of I-87. It runs on the south side of the Thruway between Suffern and Monsey, crossing over to the north side at a bridge with no interchange in Monsey to Exit 14 on the Thruway in Nanuet, where it goes back on the south side and stays there until reaching Nyack. Motorists using Exit 11 join Route 59 which goes under the Thruway again to US 9W.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Rockland	Hillburn	0.0	NY 17	Village line. Also Exit 15A on
	Suffern		I-87/I-287 Thruway
	Suffern	1.7	US 202	Wrong Way concurrency with US 202 beneath the New York State Thruway.
	Airmont	3.9	CR 89	North Airmont Road-South Airmont Road
	Ramapo		I-87/I-287	NY 59 passes over the New York State Thruway.
	Ramapo	6.2	NY 306	Hamlet of Monsey. Southern terminus of NY 306
	Spring Valley	6.9	Kennedy Drive
	Spring Valley	7.6	NY 45
	Nanuet	8.5	I-87/I-287	Exit 14 (NYS Thruway).
		9.5	CR 33	Middletown Road
			NY 59A	West Nyack Road
		10.3	NY 304	Interchange with no exit numbers.
	West Nyack	10.7	PIP	Exit 8 (PIP).
	West Nyack		NY 59A	West Nyack Road. Interchange with Rockland CR 15.
	Central Nyack	12.9	NY 303	Interchange with no exit numbers.
	Nyack	14.0	I-87/I-287 Thruway	Exit 11 (NYS Thruway).
	Nyack	14.1	US 9W	North Highland Avenue.

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] Miscellanea

The presence of grade-separated interchanges at NY 304, Strawtown Road (CR 23), Western Highway (CR 15) and NY 303, along with the southern half of the formerly proposed Spring Valley Bypass, indicates that it may have been proposed at one time as a toll-free alternative to the Thruway for local, limited-access traffic. Route 59 used to go further east along Main Street in Nyack to North Broadway.